Hi all,
I am extremely confused and frustrated currently. My roommate moved out of our apartment last month and so I was searching for someone else to help me pay the rent. I found a match on Facebook, we ironed out some details, they even filled out the application. I received a check in the mail from them for $2599 with the intention that I would take a portion of it for rent and then send the rest back to them for their moving costs using Zelle. I successfully deposited the check and sent them the remaining money in three installments, but today I went to the ATM to get some cash and the machine told me that I had insufficient funds. Confused, knowing that I had money in my account just this morning, I saw my bank account now in the negative. I called my bank's customer service and they said the check was being returned because it was "altered" - not sure what that means. Now I am unable to buy any groceries because my account is in the negative.
I don't want to jump to conclusions and think that I'm being scammed, because the person who is planning to rent with me even sent me a picture of their ID. That being said, I'm expecting the worst.
If I really am being scammed, how do I know? What is the process for getting my money back if I am being scammed? Thank you all for your help, cheers.
Edit: thank you all for your replies, I'm going to chalk this one up as a loss and start selling some shit to fix this problem. I'm really angry at myself for not noticing this ahead of time, now I will have to move out of my apartment and really reflect on this mistake I made. Hopefully my bank can help me out, I contacted them and Zelle. We will see. Thank you everyone
Submitted November 17, 2020 at 10:49PM by turkeysock https://ift.tt/3kHd4re
